The curtains were closed at Erik ten Hag's Hale home when he left Manchester earlier this month. This turned out to be a Red October. ‘Bluffer’ is the biggest insult Roy Keane could ever level at anyone.
A time-served United player used that word to describe Ten Hag in his first season. Players who had seen managers come and go - and seen some off - saw through Ten Hag, a source close to one of them said.
A position that ought to have been untenable in May was prolonged until October. United went backwards before the clocks went back.
From April, Ten Hag started to linger by the Old Trafford tunnel and milk the applause of the United supporters. It was a deliberate and desperate measure to demonstrate the apparent adoration reserved for him.
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